Edge of Tomorrow = Battefield Earth = Phenomenon: if only we could make a technologic change to how we think, no stopping now! Hmm, am I missing a common idiotic theme, or maybe we should demand an audit to make sure we are all in the clear?

Then there is the rare reverse double entendre, Shake a Pudding by Dub Narcotic Sound System. Listen to it closely, and it really cannot be about anything but an obscure desert product, no longer on the market.

Well, I Iiked Battle LA a lot, but it needed a bigger budget and a little less hoo-ah. Like Independence day needed a gritty script and less ham.

John Madden. Oddly enough, I found myself crying when Al Davis died. But Madden, a Raider icon and a goofy, childlike man - gonna be rough. Second, Al Pacino. The wedding dance scene from the Godfather sums up youth and possibilities.

Your hatred is perfectly rational. Lyrics geared toward the sensibility of a whiny adolescent.

Your hatred is perfectly rational. Lyrics geared toward the sensibility of a whiny adolescent.

Totally agree. One problem, the best story (the Hurin/ Turin thing) lacks a Hollywood ending, and the Beren/ silmaril story is too silly.

Ooh, how edgy. Brave of them to challenge their fan base like that.

Ooh, how edgy. Brave of them to challenge their fan base like that.

That is the saddest story I have heard in a long time.

That is the saddest story I have heard in a long time.

I used to get that, when I was not so old. In your mid-forties, you may start to realize that an entertainer/pop star/celeb has taken up an unjustified amount of time. It happened first when I listened to a Pretenders CD in its entirety, something I did not want to spend money on at eighteen.

I used to get that, when I was not so old. In your mid-forties, you may start to realize that an entertainer/pop star/celeb has taken up an unjustified amount of time. It happened first when I listened to a Pretenders CD in its entirety, something I did not want to spend money on at eighteen.

So, we can rest easy knowing that Hank Williams would, in this alternate history, probably be president of the southern states?

So, we can rest easy knowing that Hank Williams would, in this alternate history, probably be president of the southern states?

I have not been to one in fifteen years, and I have distracted or bribed my two younger sons away from even suggesting one. You know how Six Flags and similar theme parks seem like a collection of leftover rides from county fairs, and how TJ Max collects the detritus from low-rent department stores? The arcade games…

I have not been to one in fifteen years, and I have distracted or bribed my two younger sons away from even suggesting one. You know how Six Flags and similar theme parks seem like a collection of leftover rides from county fairs, and how TJ Max collects the detritus from low-rent department stores? The arcade games…

Straight out of Stilton?

Straight out of Stilton?

How are they incredibly bad for the environment? Not to be snarky, but it sounds de minimus.